Nitish Kumar’s took over as the Bihar chief minister again two days after he surprised his former coalition partners, the RJD and Congress, to part ways and return to the BJP, his former ally with which he ran a previous coalition government till 2013.

indiaUpdated: Jul 29, 2017 14:40 IST

Agencies Hindustan Times

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav with party leader Azam Khan addressing the press at Vidhan Sabha in Lucknow.(PTI Photo)

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday mocked Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar switching alligience to the BJP, reminding the JD (U) leader about a war of words over his DNA with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Yadav’s taunt came a few days after Kumar dumped his allies, RJD and Congress, to renew his old friendship with the BJP and formed a new JD(U)-led NDA government.

“DNA ki baat karne waale aaj NDA mein chale gaye (the one who spoke about DNA, has joined the NDA),” Yadav told ANI in Lucknow.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister was apparently referring to Modi questioning Kumar’s DNA in an 2015 attack on the JD(U) leader’s frequent change of political allegiences. Modi’s barb came soon after Kumar led the so-called grand alliance to victory over the BJP in the Bihar assembly polls.

Though Modi later said he was referring to “DNA of democracy”, an angry Kumar had said the comment was an insult to the state and “also gives credence to the feeling that perhaps you and your party hold a prejudice against the people of Bihar”.

Earlier on Thursday, Yadav had referred to a popular Bollywood song to take on Nitish.